Lu Chengchuan dodged to the side, but the blood arrow had tracking ability.
When he ran aside, the blood arrow immediately changed its flight path, curving sharply as it shot toward him.
Realizing he could not evade the blood arrow, Lu Chengchuan immediately circulated his Inner Energy. Instead of continuing to run aside, he charged straight at the monster, ignoring the blood arrow pursuing him from behind.
The monster was not afraid of him either. It waved its claws and charged forward as well.
Lu Chengchuan collided with the monster again. This time, he did not send it flying. Instead, he grabbed its left forearm with one hand and smashed his other fist into its body.
The monster was not foolish enough to stand there and let him hit it. The instant his fist landed, its claws also raked across Lu Chengchuan's body.
His clothes were torn open, sharp claws pressing against his skin. The monster gave an excited low growl. It wanted to tear this human into pieces and feast on his blood.
But when it exerted force, it discovered that its claws had only pierced his skin and could not penetrate the flesh beneath. Then dozens of blood arrows struck his back. His clothes exploded apart, and the arrows left tiny red marks all over his body.
This human's body was not flesh and blood at all. It was as though it had been forged from steel.
Before the monster could figure it out, a fist struck its body.
Lu Chengchuan's fist slammed into the monster's chest. He had put his full strength into the blow and infused it with Inner Energy. Its chest caved in, and all its ribs shattered.
The sound of breaking bones reached his ears, followed by the monster's scream. Its body struggled violently, trying to break free of the human's restraint, but Lu Chengchuan held its arm in an iron grip. No matter how it struggled, it could not escape.
Ignoring the monster's claws raking his body, Lu Chengchuan threw a second punch.
The second punch landed, and the monster let out an even more miserable scream. Lu Chengchuan smashed its chest to pieces, along with the organs inside.
Lu Chengchuan gave it no chance. The monster's healing speed was absurd; its wounds were visibly closing. Given a little more time, it would return completely unharmed.
The monster realized it too. If this continued, it would be beaten to death alive.
As Lu Chengchuan prepared to throw a third punch, the monster's forearm suddenly severed itself. Freed from his hold, the monster quickly fled backward, and his third punch struck empty air.
The escaped monster ran back. As it fled, a thin layer of Blood Mist spread from its body, and with the Blood Mist's help, its wounds healed rapidly.
Lu Chengchuan tossed aside the severed arm and sprang forward in pursuit.
The monster was fast, weaving through the defensive line at high speed, but Lu Chengchuan was no slower. He was even slightly faster, and the distance between them gradually narrowed.
After chasing each other for half a minute, the monster's split-open chest had completely healed, and even its severed arm had regrown.
The monster's healing ability was incredibly powerful, powerful to an unbelievable degree.
If another monster had suffered such injuries, it would already be dead. It would not be like this damned thing, running and jumping around with all its wounds healed in less than a minute.
But the monster seemed to know it could not defeat Lu Chengchuan. Even after recovering, it did not dare turn back and continue fighting.
Many people along the defensive line saw Lu Chengchuan chasing down the monster. They knew how powerful it was. Whether soldiers or Espers, anyone standing in its way died.
Who was this man? Did they have such a powerful expert on their side?
The sky was dim, and many detection lights had been destroyed. Lu Chengchuan stood in the shadows, making it impossible for people to see him clearly.
Everyone was deeply confused. Lin Qingyu hid behind cover with a rifle in her hands. She and her squad had been sent by the bureau to protect the research team. She had thought there would be no danger, yet they encountered monsters after only one day.
Captain Qin Sheng was beside her, wielding air blades and killing monster after monster. Lin Qingyu had consumed too much mental power and could no longer use her ability, so she could only hold a rifle and provide support from the side.
She saw the figure pursuing the Bloodfiend. He looked... somewhat familiar...
Lin Qingyu felt that the pressure on her mind was making her see things.
"Qingyu! Watch ahead! Don't get distracted!"
The moment she lost focus, several monsters charged at them. Qin Sheng had no choice but to retreat and call out to snap Lin Qingyu awake.
Lin Qingyu came to her senses, pushed aside her wandering thoughts, and quickly opened fire to stop the monsters from approaching.
Elsewhere, Lu Chengchuan and the monster rushed out of the main battlefield. He caught up with it and punched the center of its back with all his strength, sending it flying into a large tree.
The tree's branches and leaves trembled from the impact. By the time the monster got back up, Lu Chengchuan had already reached its rear.
He kicked it to the ground, then leaped on top of it and pinned it down.
No matter how the monster beneath him struggled, he punched it in the head. Yet the blow only cracked its skull slightly and failed to shatter it.
His fist carried the force of the Surging Wave Skill. With two layers of force, even if a piece of meat were placed beneath a thick steel plate, his punch could still pulverize it.
But the force that struck the skull was blocked by something, preventing it from harming the fragile brain inside.
Although the strike had not shattered its head, the enormous force still left the monster dizzy and unable to resist. Lu Chengchuan kept punching. If force could not do it, then he would use brute strength!
The sharp claws weakly reached for him. Lu Chengchuan ignored the monster's attack and smashed his fist into its head.
He refused to believe the monster could recover after its head was crushed. Even if it could, he wanted to see how many times it could regenerate. He did not believe there was such a thing as an unkillable monster in this world.
Punch after punch, more cracks appeared across the monster's head. Tiny fragments fell to the ground. On the tenth punch, with a crack, its head was completely smashed apart.
Beneath the monster's skull was not red and white brain matter, but a black substance that looked much like jelly.
Without hesitation, Lu Chengchuan thrust his hand into the black substance. More than half his palm sank inside, and the monster's body suddenly convulsed. The struggling monster was firmly pinned down, and its death throes were utterly useless.
Lu Chengchuan churned up the black substance—the monster's brain. After convulsing for a while, the monster finally died completely.
Slain Blood Fiend. Obtained 8 years of lifespan.
The system's voice rang out. He had killed the monster and gained eight years of lifespan at once. Joy flashed across Lu Chengchuan's face.
The Blood Fiend was not weak, and its regenerative ability was especially monstrous. Unfortunately, it could not defeat Lu Chengchuan. The Blood Fiend's abilities lay elsewhere; its claws could easily tear people apart, but they posed little threat to Lu Chengchuan.
Lu Chengchuan's body's defense was extremely strong, comparable to that Ironclad Zombie from Little Stone Village. Even if he stood still and let it attack, the Blood Fiend could not kill him before his Inner Energy ran out.
A fight came down to who had greater strength, greater speed, and a tougher body.
The Blood Fiend's regenerative ability was monstrous, but it still had to die once its head was gone.
After dealing with the monster, Lu Chengchuan got up and returned to the defensive line. Without the Blood Fiend's harassment, the soldiers held the breach and blocked most of the monsters.
A few monsters still broke through, but the soldiers and Espers could handle them.
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